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Picture Making Techniques
Picture Making Techniques
Picture making is a custom design that is created using an exciting and unique method to create a thrilling art
image. There are several types of picture making techniques that are used around the world. Some are:
1. Stippling
Stippling comprises of placing single dots across a surface or canvas to form an identifiable image. This technique
can be used to portray a three dimensional or two dimensional image. Some tools used are pencils, pencil crayons
2. Stencil Printing
Stencil Printing is the transmission of a design pattern by brushing, spraying, or squeezing paint using a sponge
through the exposed areas of a stencil cut from thin metal or cardboard. Bridges which are thin strips are added to
the design to prevent it from not being clearly seen or noticed. The tool required for this technique are paper tape,
3. Frottage
This technique is obtained by rubbing lead, charcoal or chalk over the paper laid on any textured or uneven surface.
(Laurahelms, 2016)
4. Collage
A collage is a piece of art made by sticking or pasting different materials or things such as photographs, different
types of papers or fabric onto a canvas. There are serval types of collages which includes paper, paper and fabric,
5. Paper Batik
This is textural paper that looks rough but is smooth to touch. This technique is created using wax crayon to draw
a picture to fill the whole paper. The paper is then crushed, reopened and flatten to reveal a lot of cracks. The wax
crayon creates a resistant barrier to the paint when it is added. Water paint is added to the whole drawing and the
paint is absorbed into the crack where the wax crayon isn’t. The tools required for this technique are blank paper,
6. Crayon Etching
This picture making technique involves the usage of wax crayon, water base black paint and sharp pointed tool
which will be used to scratch or “etch” away some of the paint to reveal a colourful design. In order for this design
to be done well the wax crayon must be used first and should be seen on every inch of the paper.
PICTURE MAKING 3
Paper Batik
Step 1: Place white cartridge paper on wide flat surface, using a ruler measure the cartridge paper to be 8 by 8 and
use pencil to mark where the measurement ends. Cut the cartridge paper by using a scissor to be 8 by 8.
Step 2: Think about your idea or concept for the paper batik and draw it on the white 8 by 8 piece of the cartridge
paper.
Step 3: Using the wax crayon colour the drawing. Ensure that every area on the paper is coloured with the wax
crayons.
Step 4: After colouring the drawing, take the 8 by 8 paper and crush is into a ball, and reopen the paper after
crushing it.
Step 5: Repeat this step 4 two to three more times. After doing so reopen and smooth out the paper and identify and
tears on the paper and add a little tape to the back of the paper (the side that was not coloured) where the tear is
seen.
Step 6: Place your black and blue paint in your mixing container. Add a little water to the paint and mix with a
spoon. Continue adding a little water to the paint until it become thin.
Step 7: Using the paint brush paint the drawing. Ensure that you paint all the areas and cracks on the paper. After
paint use the hand towel to remove the excess paint to allow the paper to dry.
2. Wax Crayon
4. Paint brush
6. Hand towel
7. Clear tape
8. Scissors
9. Ruler
10. Spoon
11. Pencil
colouring of drawing
PICTURE MAKING 6
Picture showing the crushing of the paper process
This activity above may be used at the grade 3 level under term three unit two in the National Standards
Curriculum guide. Where student are required to focus on question one what is my physical environment? The
Reference
Collage definition and meaning: Collins English Dictionary. (2012). Retrieved October 29, 2020, from
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/collage
Laurahelms. (2016, November 07). Frottage - an art technique. Retrieved October 29, 2020, from
https://laurahelms.wixsite.com/artonline/single-post/2016/11/07/frottage-an-art-technique
National Standards Curriculum Grade 3 (Revised ed.). (2018). Ministry of Education, Youth, and Information.
Stencil printing. (n.d.) McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E. (2003). Retrieved October 29
2020 from https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/stencil+printing